Shovelinckboabd



VINCENT C. BAUGHMAN, 0F BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS.

SHOVELING-IB OABD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Application filed March 4, 1918. Serial No. 220,278.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VINCENT O. BAUGH- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bushnell, in the county of MeDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful shoveling-Board, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of the present invention is an end gate or shoveling board for attachment to the rear end of a wagon box or the like.

The main object within the contemplation of the invention is the provision of a com bined end gate and shoveling board, the end gate opening to the bottom of the wagon box.

Another object contemplated by the in vention is the provision of means for n1ount ing and locking the end gate.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means for locking the shoveling board in closed position.

Another object within the contemplation of the invention is the provision of a simple, durable and efficient end gate and shoveling board.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and. claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention has been shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an end gate and shoveling board constructed in accordance with the invention, shown in place upon the rear end of a wa on box;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, a fragment of the wagon box being shown and the opened position of the shoveling board shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail plan View, parts being in section, of the locking plate.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference In carrying out the invention as illustrated, 10 indicates the bottom, 11 the sides, and 12 the rear cross-bar of a wagon For the purpose of providina retainer for the lower end of the shoveling board, a bar 13 is secured to the cross bar 12 and extends longitudinally of the rear face of said cross bar. As will be understood from a consideration of Fig. .1 the ends of the bar 13 extend beyond the ends of the cross-bar 12.

The shoveling board proper consists of a frame 14:, preferably formed of angle iron or other suitable angle bars, within which are secured the side panels 15. To the forward face of each side panel and near its outer edge is secured, by nailing or otherwise, the forwardly extending wings 16 which lie on each side of the wagon box and the lower ends of which extend downwardly and contact the forward faces of the extending ends of the bar 13.

A short, horizontally disposed section of angle iron 17 is secured to the rear face of one panel 15 and near .118 top thereof, while a short section of angle iron 18 is secured to the same panel near the b ttom thereof. An aperture 19 is formed in the rearwardly extending flange of each bar 17 and 18 and near the inner ends thereof, and a notch 20 is fornu l in the outer end of the rearwardly extending flange of the bar 18. The pur pose of the apertures and the notch will be hereinafter explained.

A short, horizontally arranged section of angle iron 21 is secured to the rear face of the other panel 15 and near the top thereof, While a short section 22 of angle iron is secured to the panel near its lower end. Pivotally secured to the rearwardly extending flange of the angle iron 21 and near its Enner end is the extending end of the rearwardly extending flange of an angle iron 24 which is secured by rivets or otherwise to the rear face of an end gate 25, which is adapted to fit snugly within the space defined by the opposed edge of the panels 15 and the top and bottom bars of the frame 14. The rearwardly extending flange of the angle iron 24 is also extended at its free end, as indicated at 26, and this extending end is apertured to aline with the aperture 19 of the angle iron 17 when the gate 25 is in closed position.

The extending end 27 of the rearwardly extending flange of an angle iron 28 is pivotally secured to the inner end of the rearwardly extending flange of the angle iron 22, and this angle iron 28 is likewise secured to the rear face of the gate 25. The free end of the rearwardly extending fl ange 0f the angle iron 28 is apertured, to alme w1th the aperture 19 of the angle iron 18 when the gate is in closed position.

A standard 29 is afixed to and extends rearwardly from the rear face of that panel 15 to which the angle irons 17 and 18 are secured, and a vertically swingable lever 30 is pivotally secured to the standard 29 Vertically disposed latching bars 31 and 32 have their inner or opposed ends pivotally attached to the lever 30, at diametrically opposed points of the fulcrum or pivotal oint of the lever. The outer end of the ar 31 is slidable back and forth through the aperture 19 of the angle iron i7 while the outer end of the bar 32 is slidable back and forth through the aperture 19 of the angle iron 18. The ends of these bars are slid back and forth through the apertures by oscillation of the lever 30 about its pivot and, when the gate 25 is in closed position, are projected into or withdrawn from the apertures formed in the free ends of the rearwardly extending flanges of the angle irons 24 and 28, respectively, to lock or unlock the gate 25.

The panels 15 are provided with apertures 33 located toward the upper ends of the panels and through these apertures project the rearwardly extending ends of lug straps 34 which are secured to each side 11 of the wagon box. The rearwardly projecting ends of the lug straps 34 are apertured to receive the bent or hooked ends of rods 35 which are thus p-ivotally attached to the lug straps. One of the rods 35 is adapted to be swung into the notch 20 of the angle iron 18 when the shoveling board is in closed position, while the other rod 35 is swun into a similar notch, not shown, formed in the outer end of the rearwardly extending flange of the angle iron 22. By swingin these rods into the notches 20, as describe the shoveling board is securely locked in closed position.

The free ends of the rod 35 are bent to form eyes 36 which are of sufficient extent to prevent their passage through the apertures 33, so that when the shoveling board is swung to open position, as shown in dotted lines, Flg. 2, the eyes 86 contact the edges of the apertures and the rods 35 are converted into hangers for the shoveling board.

A handle 37 may be provided on the end gate 25 to supply a grip by which the gate may be easily swung opened or closed, as the case may be.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is 2- l. In a device of the class described, a rectangular marginal frame made up of angle members; panels having their outer edges and their ends engaged with the frame; a single gate extended between the inner edges of the panels and cooperating at its ends with the frame; means for hinging the gate to one panel; and means for locking the gate detachably to the other panel.

2. In a device of the class described, a panel having an opening; a locking rod extending through the opening; a projection on the panel and having a terminal notch receiving the rod. adjacent to its free end; and a gate hinged to the projection.

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of panels, one of which is provided with an opening; a locking rod extended through the opening; a projection on said panel and having a terminal notch receiving the rod adjacent to its free end; a gate hinged to other panel; and a locking device engaging the projection and the gate.

4. In a device of the class described, panels provided with openings; locking rods extended through the openings; PIOJBCtiOHS on the anels and having terminal notches receiving the lockin rods adjacent to their free ends; a gate hinged to the projection of one panel; and a locking device engaging the projection of the other panel and the gate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiflxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VINCENT C. BAUGHMAN.

Witnesses:

J. L. SANDERS, EMERY DYKEMAN.

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